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Gallai-Colorings of Triples and 2-Factors of B_3

Combinatorics · math.CO · posed by Lynn Chua, András Gyárfás, Chetak Hossain · open

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Is there a 2-factor in B3\mathcal{B}_3 in which all cycles have length of at most 10?

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    Problem: Reconstructed statement: let B3\mathcal B_3 be the middle-level bipartite graph with

    V(B3)=([7]3)∪([7]4),A∼B  ⟺  A⊂B.V(\mathcal B_3)=\binom{[7]}3\cup\binom{[7]}4,\qquad A\sim B \iff A\subset B.

    Does B3\mathcal B_3 have a spanning 2-regular subgraph whose cycles all have length at most 1010? This is the standard meaning of B3\mathcal B_3 in the paper’s context of triples and their containing quadruples.

    Result: Yes. Write abcabc for {a,b,c}\{a,b,c\}. The following seven cyclic sequences are 10-cycles in B3\mathcal B_3, alternating triples and quadruples:

    (123,1234,124,1245,125,1256,126,1267,127,1237),(134,1345,135,1235,235,2345,234,2346,346,1346),(136,1367,167,1467,467,2467,267,2367,236,1236),(145,1456,146,1246,246,2456,245,2457,457,1457),(137,1347,147,1247,247,2347,237,2357,357,1357),(345,3457,347,3467,367,3567,567,4567,456,3456),(156,1567,157,1257,257,2567,256,2356,356,1356).\begin{aligned} &(123,1234,124,1245,125,1256,126,1267,127,1237),\\ &(134,1345,135,1235,235,2345,234,2346,346,1346),\\ &(136,1367,167,1467,467,2467,267,2367,236,1236),\\ &(145,1456,146,1246,246,2456,245,2457,457,1457),\\ &(137,1347,147,1247,247,2347,237,2357,357,1357),\\ &(345,3457,347,3467,367,3567,567,4567,456,3456),\\ &(156,1567,157,1257,257,2567,256,2356,356,1356). \end{aligned}

    In each row, every quadruple contains its two neighboring triples, including cyclically between the last and first entries, so each row is a valid 10-cycle.

    The 35 triple entries are all members of ([7]3)\binom{[7]}3, and the 35 quadruple entries are all members of ([7]4)\binom{[7]}4, with no repetitions. Since

    (73)=(74)=35,\binom73=\binom74=35,

    these seven cycles are vertex-disjoint and cover every vertex of B3\mathcal B_3. Their union is therefore a 2-factor, and every cycle has length 1010.

    Citation: No external resolution used. Source of the question: Lynn Chua, András Gyárfás, and Chetak Hossain, “Gallai-Colorings of Triples and 2-Factors of B3\mathcal B_3,” International Journal of Combinatorics 2013, Article ID 929565, DOI: 10.1155/2013/929565.

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    model says: correctGPT-5.5 xhigh (SMD judge 1)

    scope Full solution as submitted; SMD novelty classification TYPE1

    PASS

    The construction attacks the correct graph B3\mathcal B_3. Each listed row is a valid 10-cycle alternating triples and containing quadruples, and the 35 triples and 35 quadruples listed are all distinct and exhaust ([7]3)\binom{[7]}3 and ([7]4)\binom{[7]}4. Thus their union is a spanning 2-regular subgraph with all cycles of length 10. I found no prior literature resolving this exact question in the checked sources/citation records.

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    Classification rationale: The accepted resolution is an explicit finite certificate: seven listed 10-cycles spanning the 70-vertex middle-level graph B3\mathcal B_3. Assuming correctness, it answers the posed question, but it gives no apparent general method, structural theorem, or broader advance. This is best viewed as a short problem-solution observation, not a standalone publishable combinatorics paper.

    Literature check: I found no prior published or posted resolution of this exact question. Searches covered the original title/DOI, phrases such as “2-factor in B3B_3”, “cycles of length at most 10”, “middle levels graph 2-factor”, “Gallai-colorings triples”, related middle-level/odd-graph literature, GitHub/forum-style searches, and open-index metadata. The main related literature on the middle-levels theorem gives Hamilton cycles in B3\mathcal B_3, but that is not a resolution of the short-cycle 2-factor question, since a Hamilton cycle has length 70.

    Citation: Lynn Chua, András Gyárfás, and Chetak Hossain, “Gallai-Colorings of Triples and 2-Factors of B3\mathcal B_3,” International Journal of Combinatorics, 2013, Article ID 929565, DOI: 10.1155/2013/929565.

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